Does anyone prefer Macross II's idea of Destroids being further developed alongside Variable Fighters?

After the original Macross series, Destroids are usually shoved aside to the sidelines (usually used as ad hoc gun turrets a la Macross Frontier). In Macross II, instead of putting Destroids into the wayside, they developed the technology further and still field them alongside their Variable Fighters.

Personally, I think Macross II's concept of Destroids being further developed with new tech advances is something that the canon Macross timeline should have used since it solves the question of what is the UN Army fielding after the events of SDF Macross (they are definately not going to go back to bloody tanks a la GDI from Tiberium Wars) and Zentraedi stuff (macronized power suits and battle pods) due to their sole source production are as vulnerable to destruction/breakdown cutting off production as the Forge Worlds from 40k.*

*This actually happened in the background lore with the Glaug battle pod. The only factory satellite capable of making that thing got destroyed by the Supervision Army and well, it got restricted to commanders because of that happening.